Drawer-guide.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL L, REDWINE, OF TOLEDO, OHIO;

DRAWER-GUIDE.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, SAMUEL L. REDWINE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Drawer-Guides; and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements inldrawer guides andmore particularly to anti-friction rollers for drawers and my object isto provide suitable rollers over which the drawer of a dresser orsimilar article of furniture is adapted to pass when being introducedinto or removed from position.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and moreparticularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this application, Figurel is a transverse sectional view showing the 'rollers incorporated intoa piece of furniture. Fig. 2 is a top plan view showing the rollersadjusted in place and ready to be secured in connection with a piece offurniture. F ig. 3 is a transverse sectional View taken on the line 3 3,Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, l is a bed platepreferably rectangular in shape and may be constructed of metal, wood orany desired material, while extending longitudinally along the upperface of said bed plate is a beading 2, said beading acting as aguide-way for a drawer 3 or the like which is designed to pass in or outover a series of rollers 4;, 5 and 6 secured in a housing or channel 7,which extends parallel and adjacent to the beading 2. The end walls ofthe housing 7 are preferably beveled and thus restupon beveled portionscut in the bed plate in order that the inward or outward movement of thedrawer will not cause the housing 7 to be displaced. Extendingtransversely through the walls of the housing 7 and also centrallythrough each of the rollers 4, 5 and G, thence into the bed plate l, arepins 8, said pins being adapted to form Specification of Letters Patent.

Application led November 9, 1909.

Patented Oct. 11, 1910.

serial No. 526,978.

bearings for the rollers and also to secure the housing to the bed late.

The purpose of lliaving three rollers located in the housing, one infront, one in the middle and one in the back, is to provide for an evenmotion of the drawer as it is moved inwardly or outwardly, therebyguarding against any sagging which might take place. Since the rollersproject for a 'small part above the walls of the housing,

it is advisable that the portion of the drawer resting on said rollersbe cut away sufficiently to receive said rollers.

It will be seen that the herein described device provides a means forcausing drawers or t-he like to move noiselessly and smoothly in or outof their ordinary places and it also does away with binding and saggingwhich is so prevalent, especially where articles of weight are placed insaid drawers. It will also be seen that I have provided a simpleinexpensive article which may be incorporated into house-hold or oi'icefurniture with very little additional expense.

7 hat I claim is:

l. A device of the character described, comprising a frame, a draweradapted to slide in said frame, said frame having a bed plate, a beadingextending the length of said bed plate as a guide for said drawer, ahousing carried by said bed plate adjacent said beading and a pluralityof rollers mounted in said housing for effecting the easy movement ofsaid drawer substantially as described.

2. In an article of furniture provided with a drawer, a bed plate, abeading extending longitudinally along the upper face of said bed plateand adapted to act as a guiding means for said drawer, a housingextending parallel with and adjacent to said beading, a plurality ofpins extending transversely through said housing and into said bed plateand a corresponding number of rollers carried by said pins and adaptedto rotate thereon, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL L. REDVVINE.

Witnesses A. Gr. MILLS, E. B. BINGHAM.

